New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-20
DUEL AT THE MEXICAN CAPITAL.
A GENERAL AND A BUREAU CHIEF EXCHANGE SHOT

THE LATTER THOUGHT TO BE FATALLY HURT.
CrTY OF mexico. via Galveston, Tex, Sept 10
Military and political circles greatly excited TO day
tho result Of duel which took place at o'clock
this morning in Of tho barracks In this dty Tho
principals General Roohs and Antonio Gayon,
who is chief of Of tho bureaus Of the War Depart
mont The trouble grew out of the controversy over
the question Of the conduct of Lopez at Querearo and
his relations to Emperor Maximikm. GayOn who was
one Of the officers In the Imperial army under Maxi
milan, wrote q letter which was published In tho
newspapers, denouncng Lopez as traitor and assert
ing that his conduct VOL understood among tho
officers Of Maximilan's army. General ROcha replied
in his newspaper. "El Combate," saying that some
men were traitors to their CHIEF ana
others to their country, but that did not
prevent their taking office under the now regime
Senior Gayon thcreupon challenged General Rocha,
naming his seconds General Pradella, Governor of
the Palace and Senior Justine Fernandez. lawyer Of
this CITY, General Rooha named his seconds Gen.
cral Maran1O and Colonel OmanO.
At the first fire Senor Gayon fell pierced In tho
right breast by bullet He raIei ard inquired
If the duel could not proceed, when his seconds and
surgeons replied that 1t could not
This afternoon SenOr Gayon lies In critical con.
diton and Is reported TO be dying. He Is ftyelght
or sixty years DID, and General ROcha Is ton years his
junior.
General Rocha was a conspicuous figure in the war
against the Empire 1t is believed that this duel is
out of the fed between the partsns Of the late Empire
and the leading Liberal chiefs.
BERIBEN SAFE IN THE CUBAN MOUNTAINS.
THE DARING FIIIBUsTER AND HIS BAND GROWING
FAT ON WILD PIGS AND POTATOES
KEY WEST, Sept. 10 tSpociar-Today's issno OF
The Evening Call" Of this city, says edtorialy
Private advices from Berben, received by tho last
steamer, confirm previous disbelief in the truth
fulnss oft the account Of his capture and death print
ed In the Havana press by authority of the Spanish
alive and well, Or was at least on last Friday morn
Ing, and with his command In the Camarioca Noun
tains. In embarking from the boat which carried
his party over, however he lost suit OF Clothes In
the pockets Of which were number OF his private
letters and other papers Of more or less Importance
This bundle. being found by one Santos Perez. An
escaped convict lurking In the vicinity, who was
aferward captured and killed by the Spanish soldiers,
found I'm the fellows possession, and the au-
horities discovering that Perez bore slight resem.
bance to the Cuban leader brought the dead body to
Matanzas. displaying Herewith the papers lost by
Beribcn stated and endeavored TO palm 1t of for
that Of the noted fbuster, when, in fact, Beriben
and his command, now numbering several hundred,
mounted upon excellent and ieet-footed horses, were
away up the Camaroca Mountains growing fat upon
the wild pigs and wild potatoes to be found and max
ing night raids this that way they could best
evade, but at the samc time tantaize the thousands
of soldiers which had been dispatched with instruc
tons to effect the capture of the party at all costs
These mountains are situated about midway between
Matanzas and Carlenas and noted as having been
the safe of the Cubans fighting for ndepend-
ence between 1868 and '76 when they were closely
pursued by overwhelming numbers of the enemy.
They impenetiable to all but experienced guides,
and few hundred men In them can keep the largest
army I'm check for weeks.
"Beriben. however, anticipates shortly Joining
other friendly forces already concentrated In The
Morijou Mountains, some distance therefrom. All
his comm and In fine spirits and good health. Tho
slight wounds of those received in the first aray with
the spanish soldiers Just after landing having healed